Racing reaches back to the very beginning of the Honda Motor Company. It fans the flames of passion across every level of Honda. The challenging spirit of racing is fundamental to Honda’s DNA, and influences everything we do. The same attention to detail that you see in the Honda Red Bull Racing CRF250R and CRF450R can be found in everything we do. The words “good enough” are not part of the Honda vocabulary on the race track, on the engineer’s drawing board or on the assembly line.
From the very beginning, company founder Soichiro Honda insisted that his engineers prove the company's capabilities by testing their creations in the crucible of competition. In 1959, Honda brought his young company to the prestigious Isle of Man TT, and two years later captured its first World Grand Prix win.
Racing in the U.S. has been equally prolific. Honda has earned more than 100 national titles in roadracing, motocross and off-road competition, including the 2009 Women’s Motocross Championship with Honda Red Bull Racing’s Ashley Fiolek. Highlights over the years of American Honda's commitment to racing include the first-ever AMA 250 National Motocross championship (1973), 58 AMA Motocross and Supercross titles, 30 road-racing championships in AMA Superbike, Supersport, Formula Xtreme and Formula One, five AMA Flat Track rings and a record-setting 20 SCORE Baja 1000 victories—including the 13th consecutive win in 2009.
Name the motorcycle racing discipline, and you'll find a collection of Honda championship trophies.
Honda's drive to conquer new engineering challenges—whether on the racetrack or in the production of consumer products—continues to forge the soul of the Honda Motor Company. Racing inspires new heights of creativity at Honda, dismissing traditional solutions in the unceasing search for new designs. This long-standing and deep-seated passion for racing excellence continues to power Honda to create the dreams of today, dreams that will appear as the innovations of tomorrow.
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